Tree stand



Jan. s, 1924. 1,480,018

A. G. SIEBENLIST` TREE STAND Filed sept. 5o. 192.2

f Anthnng @.EIEU E111' 1513 Patented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED srrs y raam ANTHONY GEORGE SIEBENLIST, OF ALOIS, WISCONSIN.

TREE STAND.

Application led September 30, i922. Serial No. 591,539.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTHONY GEORGE SIEBENLrs'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Alois, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TreeStands; and I do hereby-declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof.

This invention relates to stands Christmas trees and similar articles.

Objects of this invention are to provide a stand adapted to firmly andrigidly hold a Christmas tree in position, to provide a device which maybe readily assembled by an unskilled operation, which may be readilyseparated into its component parts and stored in a small space, andwhich may be shipped in a knock-down condition, either with the partsgrouped in separate units,

or with the parts shipped in bulk.

Further objects are to provide a Christmas tree holder having a smallnumber of parts in which most of the parts are dupli- 26 Cates, and maybe made from the same pattern at an extremely small expense.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a plan view of the tree holder in its assembledcondition.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that thedevice comprises a cup l adapted to receive the butt or base of a tree..This cup is provided with three downwardly extending lugs 2 providedwith an intermediate web 3. Each of these lugs has a hole drilledthrough it and into the cup and threaded to receive the winged setscrews 4, as illustrated in the drawings, such set screws being adaptedto be forced into the base of the tree to firmly engage the tree andhold it rigidly with respect to the cup l. The lower portion of the cupis provided with a threaded aperture adapted to receive acorrespondingly threaded screw 5, whose upper end may be pointed, asindicated at 6 and may enter the base of the tree if desired. This screwholds a three armed spider 7 in position, such spider being indicated indotfor ted lines in Figurel and in section in the remaining figures.

A plurality of legs 8 are provided v,and have upturned or slightlyenlarged rounded bearing outer portions, 9 adapted to rest upon thefloor. l The inner ends of these legs are provided withuprightportionslO which are slotted, as indicated at 11 in Figure 3, to receivethe web portion 3 of the lugs-the outer portion 2 of such lugsoverhanging a portion `of the uprights l0. The uprights, it will be seenfrom Figure 3, firmly engage opposite sides of the webs 3 and are lockedbeneath the overhanging portion 2 mentioned abo-ve. The lower portion ofthese uprights taper downwardly and join the legs 8, as may be readilyseen from Figure 3.

In assembling the device, the legs 8 are y positioned by sliding theuprights 10 beneath lugs 2 into the position described above, andthereafter the spider 7 is slightly rotated so as to cause its arms tobe positioned beneath the lower ends of the uprights, as shown in thedrawings, particularly in Figures 2 and 3. In this manner the legs arefirmly locked in posit-ion and may not inadvertently be dropped from thecup or socket when the device is lifted from the floor. inserted withinthe cup-shaped portion and the winged set screws 4' tightened tosecurely lock the butt of the tree in position.

Attention is particularly called to the fact that extremely simplepatterns may be used in producing the parts and that a very small numberof patterns may be employed. For instance, in the form shown, only twopatterns are needed, one for the cup and one for the leg, as the legsare all duplicates. It is also to be noted that standard winged setscrews may be employed and that the spider 7 may be readily formed froma stamping.

By the construction outlined, it is possible tomake these tree standsvery cheaply, to ship them in collapsed condition, to readily assemblethe parts, or separate the device into its component parts, suchoperations being easily performed by an unskilled operator. p

It is of course understood that the exact number of parts described maybe varied and that other changes in the embodiment of the invention maybe resorted to Without The base of the tree may bev departing from thespirit of the invention, such invention being limited only as set forthin the appended claims.

I claim e l. A tree holder comprising a cup adapted to receive the buttof a tree, a plurality of winged set screws threaded through such cupand adapted to engage the butt of the tree, a plurality of lugsextending outwardly and downwardly from the outer portion of ysaid cupand having a portion spaced from such cup, a pluralityof legs havingupright portions adapted to be positioned between such lugs and saidcup, and a spider revolubly mounted upon the lower portion of such cupand having varms adapted to be posi tioned beneath the bottom of saidupright portionsrwhereby said legs are held in position.r

2. A tree holder comprising a cup adapted to receive a tree butt7 aplurality of downwardly extending vlugs spaced from said Cupandeonnected with 4said cup by means of webs, a plurality of legs havingslotted uprights adapted to be received bcneath said `lugs and toreceive said webs within the slots, and the spider revolubly secured tothe lower portion of such cup and having outwardly projecting armsadapted to be positioned beneath the bottom of said uprights to holdsuch uprights ein locked position relatively to such lugs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee,

in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

ANrHoNv ,GEORGE siEBnNLisr.

